lidah buaya
Indonesian
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Etymology
[edit]Compound of lidah (“tongue”) + buaya (“crocodile”), from Malay lidah buaya.
Noun
[edit]lidah buaya (first-person possessive lidah buayaku, second-person possessive lidah buayamu, third-person possessive lidah buayanya)
Further reading
[edit]- “lidah buaya” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From lidah (“tongue”) + buaya (“crocodile”).
Noun
[edit]lidah buaya (Jawi spelling ليده بوايا, plural lidah-lidah buaya, informal 1st possessive lidah buayaku, 2nd possessive lidah buayamu, 3rd possessive lidah buayanya)
Further reading
[edit]- “lidah buaya” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.